was

God i rausim pinis man na meri, na em i makim ol strongpela ensel bilong sanap na was i stap long hap sankamap bilong gaden Iden. Na tu em i putim wanpela bainat i gat paia i lait long en na i save tanim tanim long olgeta hap. Oltaim ol dispela ensel wantaim dispela bainat i save was i stap, nogut wanpela man i go klostu long dispela diwai bilong givim laip.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:24:

angel; any supernatural creature in heaven according to Christian theology


save

From Portuguese sabe (“know”). Compare Bislama save.

Olsem na bai mi go daun na lukim pasin ol dispela manmeri i mekim. Na bai mi ken save, ol dispela tok mi harim pinis, em i tru o nogat.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 18:21:

(transitive) to make a practice or habit of

Bihain God, Bikpela i tok, “Man i save pinis long wanem samting i gutpela na wanem samting i nogut, na em i kamap wankain olsem yumi. Orait yumi no ken larim em i go klostu long dispela diwai bilong givim laip. Nogut em i kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai tu na em i stap oltaim.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:22:


wokim

wokim trans. (canonical)
intransitive wok (canonical)

Bihain God i tok olsem, “Nau yumi wokim ol manmeri bai ol i kamap olsem yumi yet. Bai yumi putim ol i stap bos bilong ol pis na ol pisin na bilong olgeta kain animal na bilong olgeta samting bilong graun.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:26:

...i no gat diwai na gras samting i kamap long graun yet, long wanem, em i no salim ren i kam daun yet. Na i no gat man bilong wokim gaden.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:5:


wok

wok intrans. (canonical)
transitive wokim (canonical)

Na bai yu wok hat tru long kisim kaikai bilong yu na tuhat bai i kamap long pes bilong yu. Na bai yu hatwok oltaim inap yu dai na yu go bek long graun. Long wanem, mi bin wokim yu long graun, na bai yu go bek gen long graun.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:19:


i stap

(auxiliary) Denotes the progressive mood of a verb.


stilim

From English steal + -im (transitive suffix).


huk

huk intrans. (canonical)
transitive hukim (canonical)


guria

(intransitive) to shake, tremble, or quiver.


bagarapim

bagarapim trans. (canonical)
intransitive bagarap (canonical)

(transitive) To break, ruin, or destroy.


tok

tok intrans. (canonical)
transitive tokim (canonical)

Na God i tok olsem, “Lait i mas kamap.” Orait lait i kamap.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:3:

And God said this, "Light must appear." So light appeared.


slip

Orait God, Bikpela i mekim man i slip i dai tru. Na taim man i slip yet, God i kisim wanpela bun long banis bilong man na i pasim gen skin bilong dispela hap.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:21:


op

Sapos yutupela i kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai, bai ai bilong yutupela i op na yutupela i kisim save long wanem samting i gutpela, na wanem samting i nogut, na bai yutupela i kamap wankain olsem God. God i save long dispela, olsem na em i tambuim yutupela long kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:5:


ken

Inherited from English can, from Middle English can, from Old English cann, from Proto-West Germanic *kann.

Na God i tok olsem, “Mi givim yupela ol kain kain diwai na gras i karim pikinini bilong kaikai. Na yupela i ken kisim kaikai long ol dispela samting.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:29:


luk

luk intrans. (canonical)
transitive lukim (canonical)


kai

Borrowed from Polynesian, from Proto-Polynesian *kai, from Proto-Oceanic *kani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.


gat

Bihain God i tok olsem, “Solwara i mas pulap long ol kain kain samting i gat laip. Na ol pisin i mas kamap na flai nabaut long skai.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:20:


dai

Tasol yu no ken kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai bilong givim gutpela save long wanem samting i gutpela na wanem samting i nogut. Sapos yu kaikai, wantu bai yu dai.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:17:


abrusim

(transitive) To avoid or evade something.

(transitive) To pass, bypass or overtake something.


abusim

From abus (“meat, game; side dish, garnish”) + -im.

suffix

(transitive) To add meat or fish to a meal


paia

From English fire, from Middle English fier, from Old English fȳr, a regularised form of *fōr (“fire”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.


hait

Long apinun, taim ples i kol, tupela i harim God, Bikpela i wokabaut long dispela gaden, na tupela i hait namel long ol diwai.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:8:


bung

Bihain God i tok olsem, “Wara i stap aninit long skai i mas i go bung long wanpela hap tasol, bai ples drai i kamap.” Orait ples drai i kamap.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:9:


stat

A tense marker that shows that an action is beginning by preceding the verb


bruk

bruk intrans. (canonical)
transitive brukim (canonical)

Na wanpela wara i kamap long Iden bilong givim wara long dispela gaden. Dispela wara i bruk na i kamap 4-pela han wara

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:10:


raun

From an Austronesian language, compare Indonesian raun (“to travel around”).


stap

Balus i stap long graun.


vot

→ Rotokas: votu


wokabaut

From English walk about. Compare Bislama wokbaot, Australian Kriol wokabat, Pijin wokabaot, Samoan Plantation Pidgin gokabaut, Torres Strait Creole wagbaut, and English walkabout.


lukim

lukim trans. (canonical)
intransitive luk (canonical)

Tasol graun i no bin i stap olsem yumi save lukim nau.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:2:


giaman

giaman intrans. (canonical)
transitive giamanim (canonical)


singaut

Tasol God, Bikpela i singaut long man na i tok, “Yu stap we?”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:9:


laik

An auxiliary verb which indicates the immediate future tense.


sekan

→ Rotokas: sekari


dringim

From English drink + -im (transitivity suffix).


paitim

From English fight + -im (transitivity suffix).

(transitive) to knock, clap, strum; to play the drums


winim

God, Bikpela i bin wokim olgeta animal, tasol i no gat wanpela bilong ol inap winim snek long tok gris. Na snek i askim meri olsem, “Ating God i tambuim yutupela long kaikai pikinini bilong olgeta diwai bilong gaden, a?”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:1:


winim

Bihain God, Bikpela i kisim graun na em i wokim man long en. Na em i winim win bilong laip i go insait long nus bilong man, na man i kisim laip.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:7:


sindaun

Na God i mekim gutpela tok bilong givim strong long ol. Em i tokim ol olsem, “Yupela i mas kamap planti na i go sindaun long olgeta hap bilong graun na bosim olgeta samting i stap long en. Mi putim ol pis na ol pisin na olkain animal bilong graun aninit long yupela.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:28:

To inhabit; to settle; to live in a place.


kamap

kamap intrans. (canonical)
transitive kamapim (canonical)

Bipo bipo tru God i mekim kamap skai na graun na olgeta samting i stap long en.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:1:

Olsem na dispela pasin i kamap. Man i save lusim papamama na i pas wantaim meri bilong en, na tupela i kamap wanpela bodi tasol.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:24:


pinis

pinis intrans. (canonical)
transitive pinisim (canonical)


tanim

God i rausim pinis man na meri, na em i makim ol strongpela ensel bilong sanap na was i stap long hap sankamap bilong gaden Iden. Na tu em i putim wanpela bainat i gat paia i lait long en na i save tanim tanim long olgeta hap. Oltaim ol dispela ensel wantaim dispela bainat i save was i stap, nogut wanpela man i go klostu long dispela diwai bilong givim laip.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:24:


holim

Tasol wanpela diwai i sanap namel tru, em God i tambuim mitupela long kaikai pikinini bilong en. God i bin tokim mitupela olsem, ‘Yutupela i no ken kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai, na tu yutupela i no ken holim, nogut yutupela i dai.’ ”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:3:


kirapim

Corruption of slang gerrup or similar, from English get up + -im.


tokim

tokim trans. (canonical)
intransitive tok (canonical)

Na God i mekim gutpela tok bilong givim strong long ol. Em i tokim ol olsem, “Yupela ol kain kain samting bilong solwara, yupela i mas kamap planti na pulapim olgeta hap bilong solwara. Na yupela ol pisin, yupela i mas kamap planti long graun.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:22:

So God made a blessing to give them all strength. He told them all this, "All of you different things in the ocean, you must grow in number and fill up every part of the sea. And all of you birds, you must grow in number on the earth.


giamanim

giamanim trans. (canonical)
intransitive giaman (canonical)


lukaut

lukaut intrans. (canonical)
transitive lukautim (canonical)


pinisim

pinisim trans. (canonical)
intransitive pinis (canonical)


hukim

hukim trans. (canonical)
intransitive huk (canonical)


rausim

Olsem na God, Bikpela i rausim man long gaden Iden, na i salim em i go bilong wok long dispela graun God i bin wokim em long en. Na nau man i mas brukim graun na wokim gaden.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:23:


pasim

Orait God, Bikpela i mekim man i slip i dai tru. Na taim man i slip yet, God i kisim wanpela bun long banis bilong man na i pasim gen skin bilong dispela hap.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:21:


kaikai

kaikai intrans. (canonical)
transitive kaikaim (canonical)

Reduplication of kai ("food" in Polynesian languages).

Na God i tokim man olsem, “Yu ken kaikai pikinini bilong olgeta diwai bilong dispela gaden.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:16:


kisim

to understand, (in particular) to speak a language


gat bel

Na God i tokim meri olsem, “Bai mi givim yu bikpela hevi long taim yu gat bel. Na bai yu gat bikpela pen long taim yu karim pikinini. Tasol bai yu gat bikpela laik yet long man bilong yu, na bai em i bosim yu.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:15:


bagarap

bagarap intrans. (canonical)
transitive bagarapim (canonical)


brukim

brukim trans. (canonical)
intransitive bruk (canonical)

God i lukim lait i gutpela, na em i amamas. Na em i brukim tudak na tulait.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:4:

God saw that the light was good, and he rejoiced. And he separated dark and light.

brukim promis

(transitive) to break; to tear apart; to rend


planim

Mekim olsem pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.

1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics, →ISBN, page 433:


mekim

Orait God, Bikpela i askim meri olsem, “Watpo yu mekim dispela samting?” Na meri i bekim tok olsem, “Snek i grisim mi na mi kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:13:


kolim

Tulait em i kolim “De,” na tudak em i kolim “Nait.” Nait i go pinis na moning i kamap. Em i de namba wan.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:5:


banisim

Bihain God i tok olsem, “Wanpela banis i mas kamap bilong banisim wara, bai wara i stap long tupela hap.” Orait dispela banis i kamap. God i mekim dispela banis i kamap bilong banisim wara antap na wara daunbilo.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:6-7:


putim

Na em i putim ol dispela lait long skai bilong givim lait long graun...

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:17:


kamapim

kamapim trans. (canonical)
intransitive kamap (canonical)

Bihain God i tok olsem, “Graun i mas kamapim ol kain kain diwai na gras na kaikai samting.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:11:


bosim

...na bilong bosim taim bilong san i mas lait na taim bilong nait i mas kamap, na bilong brukim tudak na tulait.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:18:


makim

From English make + -im; this form is based on the spelling of the English original, whereas mekim is based on the pronunciation of the original.

Bihain God i tok olsem, “Ol lait i mas kamap long skai bilong makim tulait na nait, na bilong makim ol de na ol yia na ol kain kain taim bilong yia.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:14:


karamapim

Tudak i karamapim bikpela wara na spirit bilong God i go i kam antap long en.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:2:

Ol rop i gat nil na ol gras nogut bai i kamap na karamapim gaden bilong yu.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:18:


givim

Ol dispela lait i mas kamap long skai bilong givim lait long graun.” Orait ol lait i kamap.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:15:


pulapim

Na God i mekim gutpela tok bilong givim strong long ol. Em i tokim ol olsem, “Yupela ol kain kain samting bilong solwara, yupela i mas kamap planti na pulapim olgeta hap bilong solwara. Na yupela ol pisin, yupela i mas kamap planti long graun.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:22:


flai

Bihain God i tok olsem, “Solwara i mas pulap long ol kain kain samting i gat laip. Na ol pisin i mas kamap na flai nabaut long skai.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:20:


tambuim

Na God i tambuim de namba 7 na em i tok olsem de namba 7 bilong olgeta wik em i bikpela de bilong em yet, long wanem, em i wokim pinis olgeta samting na long dispela de em i malolo.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:3:

God, Bikpela i bin wokim olgeta animal, tasol i no gat wanpela bilong ol inap winim snek long tok gris. Na snek i askim meri olsem, “Ating God i tambuim yutupela long kaikai pikinini bilong olgeta diwai bilong gaden, a?”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:1:


malolo

Long de namba 7 God i lukim olgeta wok bilong en i pinis, na em i malolo long dispeal^([sic]) de.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:2:


raunim

Nem bilong namba wan wara em Pison na em i go raunim kantri Havila.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:11:


lukautim

lukautim trans. (canonical)
intransitive lukaut (canonical)

Orait God, Bikpela i kisim dispela man em i bin wokim na i putim em long dispela gaden long Iden, bai man i ken i stap na lukautim dispela gaden.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:15:


helpim

Na God, Bikpela i tok olsem, “Em i no gutpela long dispela man i stap wanpis. Mi mas mekim kamap wanpela poroman bilong helpim em.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:18:


bringim

Orait God i wokim wanpela meri long dispela bun em i bin kisim long man, na bihain em i bringim meri i go long man.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:22:


bekim tok

Na meri i bekim tok olsem, “Mitupela i ken kaikai pikinini bilong olgeta diwai bilong dispela gaden.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:2:


luksave

Na ai bilong tupela i op na tupela i luksave olsem tupela i stap as nating. Olsem na tupela i samapim ol lip bilong diwai fik, na tupela i pasim olsem laplap bilong haitim skin bilong tupela.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:7:


tingting

Na meri i tingting olsem, “I gutpela long mi kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai na mi kisim olkain gutpela save.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:6:


sanap

Tasol wanpela diwai i sanap namel tru, em God i tambuim mitupela long kaikai pikinini bilong en. God i bin tokim mitupela olsem, ‘Yutupela i no ken kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai, na tu yutupela i no ken holim, nogut yutupela i dai.’ ”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:3:


daunim

Na God, Bikpela i tokim snek olsem, “Yu bin mekim dispela pasin nogut, olsem na nau mi gat strongpela tok bilong daunim yu. Bai yu gat bikpela hevi. Hevi yu karim bai i winim hevi bilong olgeta arapela animal. Nau na long olgeta taim bihain bai yu wokabaut long bel bilong yu tasol. Na bai yu kaikai das bilong graun.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:14:


grisim

Orait God, Bikpela i askim meri olsem, “Watpo yu mekim dispela samting?” Na meri i bekim tok olsem, “Snek i grisim mi na mi kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:13:


kaikaim

kaikaim trans. (canonical)
intransitive kaikai (canonical)

Na bai mi mekim yu i stap birua bilong meri, na meri i stap birua bilong yu. Na bai mi mekim ol lain bilong yu i birua long lain bilong meri. Bai ol i krungutim het bilong yu, na bai yu kaikaim lek bilong ol.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:15:


larim

Bihain God, Bikpela i tok, “Man i save pinis long wanem samting i gutpela na wanem samting i nogut, na em i kamap wankain olsem yumi. Orait yumi no ken larim em i go klostu long dispela diwai bilong givim laip. Nogut em i kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai tu na em i stap oltaim.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:22:


hatwok

Na bai yu wok hat tru long kisim kaikai bilong yu na tuhat bai i kamap long pes bilong yu. Na bai yu hatwok oltaim inap yu dai na yu go bek long graun. Long wanem, mi bin wokim yu long graun, na bai yu go bek gen long graun.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:19:

And you will work very hard to obtain your food [till] sweat forms on your face. And you will labour on until you die and return to the ground. Because I wrought you from the ground, and you will return again to the ground.


marimari

(with long + object) to be compassionate, have mercy


bihainim

From bihain (“to follow, to come after”) + -im.